A new deadline has been set in the continuing Mayo Road trailer saga.

The offending trailer, located near the junction of the Alaska and Klondike (Mayo Road) highways, was supposed to have been moved by Oct. 15.

The new deadline, according to Mayor Ernie Bourassa, is now Nov. 4 or 5.

The trailer sits on top of a quartz mining claim owned by Lewes Boulevard resident Wade Belcher. It's considered illegal by city planning officials because Belcher never sought a development permit for the site.

According to the territorial Quartz Act, anyone holding a quartz claim in the Yukon is permitted to place a foundation-less structure on a claim for up to 12 consecutive months.

City and Yukon government officials are now in discussions to make the Quartz Act and the Municipal Act, which appear to be at odds in this case, more harmonious.

Bourassa said today he had spoken to Belcher, who assured him the trailer would be moved by the new deadline.

Bourassa said Belcher told him he hadn't been able to move the trailer to date because he had been out of town taking care of a sick relative.

If the trailer isn't moved by the new date, the mayor said, the city will hire its own truck to remove it and send Belcher the bill.

Under existing zoning bylaws, Belcher could be fined up to $10,000 and $2,500 a day for every day he's in violation of the bylaw.

To date, it's believed that Belcher has not been fined.

In an Oct. 18 interview with the Star, Belcher said he would remove the trailer before the first snowfall, which occurred last week.

'I'll be removing the trailer before the snow flies ... I just need more time,' Belcher said.